Installing ANSYS

Installable as: Localmgr (Click here for login instructions)
Install size: 1.86GB
Available from: \\rose-hulman.edu\dfs\software\Course Software\Ansys\

Ansys is a finite element modeling package for numerical solving.

Licensing Information

This software requires a network connection to Rose-Hulman in order to work.

  • Version: 11
  • Accessible by:
    • Faculty and Staff: All
    • Students: All
  • Available from:
    • rose-hulman.edu\dfs
  • Installed on:
    • Labs

Installation Instructions

It is recommended that you uninstall previous versions of Ansys prior to installing version 11.0 SP1.

  • Login as Localmgr. (Instructions Here)
  • [Note] Any previous versions of Ansys should be uninstalled through Add/Remove Programs before continuing.
  • Click Start->Run and type \\rose-hulman.edu\dfs\software
  • Enter your username and password if prompted
  • Double click Course Software->Ansys->Setup 11.0 SP1.exe
  • [Choose Setup Language] Click Ok to use English during setup.
  • Click Next to continue.
  • [ANSYS 11.0 License Agreement] Select I AGREE to accept the terms of the license agreement and click Next to continue.
  • [Choose Destination Location] Click Next to install ANSYS in the default folder C:\Program Files\Ansys Inc.
  • [Select Features] Click Next to accept the default features.
  • [Start Copying Files] A dialog box appears listing the current installation settings. Click Next to continue.
  • The program will begin installing
  • [Run Licensing Setup] Leave the checkbox checked and click Next.
  • [Question] Is this a license server machine? Click No.
  • [Question] Do you want to continue with setup to configure this system to be a client system? Click Yes.
  • [Port Number] Leave the Port set to 1055 and click Next
  • [ANSYS FLEXlm License Manager] Leave the option set to 1 license server and click Next.
  • [Hostname] Enter the hostname ansys-lm.rose-hulman.edu and click Next.
  • [ANSYS Survey] Uncheck the box if you would like to skip the survey and click Finish.
  • [Setup is complete] Click Finish
  • Logout and login as yourself
  • Execute the application by clicking on Start->Programs->ANSYS 11.0->ANSYS